Mendi

Mendi
Mendi
Location within Papua New Guinea
Coordinates: 6°8′52″S 143°39′26″E / 6.14778°S 143.65722°E / -6.14778; 143.65722
Country Papua New Guinea
Province Southern Highlands
District Mendi-Munihu District
LLG Mendi Urban
Elevation 1,620 m (5,310 ft)
Population (2013)
 • Total 56,055
 • Rank 10th
Languages
 • Main languages Tok Pisin, Angal, Kewa
 • Traditional language Angal
Time zone UTC+10 (AEST)
Postcode 251
Climate Cfb

Mendi, Papua New Guinea, is the provincial capital of the Southern Highlands Province. The Lai River flows by the town.[1][2]

Events

In mid-June 2018 a regional crisis occurred in Mendi when the Papua New Guinea declared a state of emergency and suspended the Southern Highlands provincial government based in Mendi for nine months. Rioting had occurred when a regional court had ruled against a challenge to a provincial election by the losing candidate. A local warehouse was looted, buildings in Mendi were torched, and a Link PNG plane parked at the airport was destroyed by fire. Troops were sent in by the Papua New Guinea government to restore order.[3]

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as subtropical highland climate (Cfb).[4] Temperatures and rainfall are relatively the same round the year.

Climate data for Mendi
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 23.8
(74.8)		 23.6
(74.5)		 23.4
(74.1)		 23.6
(74.5)		 23.6
(74.5)		 22.6
(72.7)		 21.9
(71.4)		 22.3
(72.1)		 22.7
(72.9)		 23.3
(73.9)		 23.7
(74.7)		 23.7
(74.7)		 23.2
(73.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 18.3
(64.9)		 18.3
(64.9)		 18.2
(64.8)		 18.2
(64.8)		 18.2
(64.8)		 17.1
(62.8)		 16.8
(62.2)		 17.2
(63)		 17.5
(63.5)		 17.6
(63.7)		 17.8
(64)		 18.2
(64.8)		 17.8
(64)
Average low °C (°F) 12.8
(55)		 13.1
(55.6)		 13.1
(55.6)		 12.8
(55)		 12.8
(55)		 11.7
(53.1)		 11.8
(53.2)		 12.1
(53.8)		 12.4
(54.3)		 12
(54)		 11.9
(53.4)		 12.7
(54.9)		 12.4
(54.4)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 239
(9.41)		 261
(10.28)		 286
(11.26)		 246
(9.69)		 209
(8.23)		 192
(7.56)		 211
(8.31)		 244
(9.61)		 263
(10.35)		 270
(10.63)		 221
(8.7)		 252
(9.92)		 2,894
(113.95)
Source: Climate-Data.org, altitude: 1,740 metres (5,710 ft)[4]

References

  1. ↑ Naime, Quintina (26 April 2016). "Lai River footbridge in danger of collapsing". Loop. Papua New Guinea. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Irion, G.; Petr, T. (1983). "Clay mineralogy of selected soils and sediments of the Purari River basin". In Petr, T. The Purari — tropical environment of a high rainfall river basin. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Verlag. pp. 91–92. ISBN 978-94-009-7263-6.
  3. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission, 'Papua New Guinea declares nine-month state of emergency over riots', 16 June 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Climate: Mendi - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 1 November 2013.


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